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ISCACH (Beirut 2015) International Syrian Congress on Archaeology and Cultural Heritage ISCACH (Beirut 2015) International Syrian Congress on Archaeology and Cultural Heritage PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS 3‐6 DECEMBER 2015 GEFINOR ROTANA HOTEL BEIRUT, LEBANON ISCACH (Beirut 2015) International Syrian Congress on Archaeology and Cultural Heritage PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS 3‐6 DECEMBER 2015 GEFINOR ROTANA HOTEL BEIRUT, LEBANON © The ISCACH 2015 Organizing Committee, Beirut Lebanon All rights reserved. No reproduction without permission. Title: ISCASH (International Syrian Congress on Archaeology and Cultural Heritage) 2015 Beirut: Program and Abstracts Published by the ISCACH 2015 Organizing Committee and the Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Published Year: December 2015 Printed in Japan This publication was printed by the generous support of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan ISCACH (Beirut 2015) TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction……….……………………………………………………….....................................3 List of Organizing Committee ............................................................................4 Program Summary .............................................................................................5 Program .............................................................................................................7 List of Posters ................................................................................................. 14 Poster Abstracts.............................................................................................. 17 Presentation Abstracts Day 1: 3rd December ............................................................................. 25 Day 2: 4th December ............................................................................. 51 Day 3: 5th December ............................................................................. 80 Day 4: 6th December ........................................................................... 104 List of Participants........................................................................................ 113 1 ISCACH (Beirut 2015) ISCACH (Beirut 2015) Introduction: Welcome to ISCACH, Beirut 2015 On behalf of the Organizing Committee, the Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology and the Lebanese Archaeological Missions worked in Syria welcome all with an interest in archaeology and cultural heritage to the International Syrian Congress on Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Beirut, 3‐6 December 2015. Three years ago, archaeological research in Syria came to an abrupt halt. In the years since we have heard countless alarming reports of damage to and the destruction of archaeological sites and cultural artefacts – mindless acts which rob humanity forever of vast swathes of history and knowledge. Numerous international organizations and academic institutions have organized conferences, symposiums and workshops dedicated to the preservation of those cultural assets that are currently endangered or lamenting those now wholly lost. In contrast, few academic gatherings have focused on what has most recently been found and recorded: namely, the results of fieldwork carried out immediately prior to the present conflagration. With numerous archaeological sites and aspects of cultural heritage the subject of study by both Syrian and international scholars in the years leading up to 2011, we believe it both timely and desirable to now share those results among both the scientific community and the general public. The Organizing Committee 3 ISCACH (Beirut 2015) Organizing Committee Prof. Dr. Jeanine Abdul Massih (Director of Archaeological Mission to Cyrrhus): Lebanese University, Prof. Kiyohide Saito (Director of Archaeological Mission to Palmyra): President, the Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology, Prof. Dr. Akira Tsuneki (Director of Archaeological Mission to Tell el‐Kerkh): University of Tsukuba, Dr. Shin’ichi Nishiyama: Chubu University. 4 ISCACH (Beirut 2015) Program Summary Thursday 3rd December Friday 4th December Saturday 5th December Sunday 6th December 08.30‐09.00 Welcoming Participants Homs Session / R. Pierobon Benoit Hasake Session 2 / M. al‐Maqdissi Deir ez‐Zor Session /G. Bunnens 09.00‐09.30 Opening Session 09.00‐09.20 Michel al‐Maqdissi 09.00‐09.20 Suleiman Elias 09.00‐09.20 Sylvie Blétry 09.20‐09.40 Jean‐Marie Le Tensorer 09.20‐09.40 Yoshihiro Nishiaki 09.20‐09.40 Shaker Al Shbib Palmyra Session / M. Abdulkarim 09.40‐10.00 Dorota Wojtczak 09.40‐10.00 Shigeo Yamada 09.40‐10.00 Yaarob Alabdullah 09.40‐10.00 Kiyohide Saito Raqqa Session / G. Clarke Latakia Session 2/ F. Braemer 10.00‐10.20 Grzegorz Majcherek 10.00‐10.20 Dorothée Sack 10.00‐10.20 Raffaella Pierobon Benoit 10.00‐10.20 Massoud Badawi 10.20‐10.40 Tomasz Waliszewski 10.20‐10.40 Ayham al Fakhri 10.20‐10.40 Johnny Baldi 10.20‐10.40 Yaser Yusef 10:40 ‐ 11:10 Coffee Break 10.40‐11.00 Balazs Major Idlib Session / J.M. Le Tensorer Hama Session / P. Bieliński Damascus Session / D. Sack 11:00 ‐ 11:30 Coffee Break 11.10‐11.30 Maamoun Abdulkarim 11.10‐11.30 Karin Bartl 11.10‐11.30 Ahmad Taraqji Special Session: Thinking Future of Syrian 11.30‐11.50 Akira Tsuneki 11.30‐11.50 Bernard Geyer 11.30‐11.50 Rima Khawam 11.30‐13.00 Cultural Heritage 11.50‐12.10 Paolo Matthiae 11.50‐12.10 Nazir Awad 11.50‐12.10 Cancelled 12.10‐12.30 Francis Pinnock 12.10‐12.30 Mathilde Gelin 12.10‐12.30 Houmam Saad 13.00‐13.05 Closing Session 12.30‐12.50 Stefania Mazzoni 12.30‐12.50 Cancelled 12.30‐12.50 Edmond El‐Ajji 12.50‐13.10 Shin Nishiyama 12.50‐13.10 Haytham Hassan 12.50‐13.10 Ahmad Dally 13.10‐13.30 POSTER PRESENTATION 13.10‐13.30 Abdel Wahab Abou Saleh 13.10‐13.30 POSTER PRESENTATION 13:30 ‐ 14:30 Lunch Break Hasake Session 1/ P. Matthiae Aleppo Session 2/ TBA Daraa Suweida Session / K. Saito 14.30‐14.50 Cancelled 14.30‐14.50 Heather Jackson 14.30‐14.50 Pierre‐Marie Blanc 14.50‐15.10 Dominik Bonatz 14.50‐15.10 Jeanine Abdul Massih 14.50‐15.10 Frank Braemer 15.30‐15.50 Piotr Bieliński 15.30‐15.50 Ammar Abdulrahman 15.30‐15.50 Ahmed Dyab 15.50‐16.10 Mohamad Fakhro 15.50‐16.10 Justine Gaborit 15.50‐16.10 Qasem al‐Muhammad 16.10‐16.30 Samer Abdel Ghafour 16.10‐16.30 Marie‐Odile Rousset 16.10‐16.30 Ghazi Alolo 16:30 ‐ 16:50 Coffee Break Aleppo Session 1/ K. Bartl Latakia Session 1/ S. Mazzoni Damascus Region Session / V. Matoïan 16.50‐17.10 Takeru Akazawa 16.50‐17.10 Michel al‐Maqdissi 16.50‐17.10 Mahmud Hamud 17.10‐17.30 Yousef Kanjou 17.10‐17.30 Ahmad Deeb 17.10‐17.30 Ghada Suleiman 17.30‐17.50 Serena Maria Cecchini 17.30‐17.50 Leila Badre 17.30‐17.50 Woroud Ibrahim 17.50‐18.10 Guy Bunnens 17.50‐18.10 Valérie Matoïan 17.50‐18.10 Nada Sarkis 18.10‐18.30 Khozama al‐Bahloul 20:00 WELCOMING INVITATION DINNER 5 ISCACH (Beirut 2015) ISCACH (Beirut 2015) Thursday 3rd December 08.30‐09.00 Welcoming Participants 09.00‐09.30 Opening Session Official speeches (TBA) Palmyra Session / Chair: M. Abdulkarim 09.40‐10.00 Kiyohide Saito Archeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara (Japan) Japanese Archaeological Works in Palmyra from 1990 to 2010 10.00‐10.20 Grzegorz Majcherek Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (Poland) Shaping an urban landscape: Church buildings in Palmyra 10.20‐10.40 Tomasz Waliszewski Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (Poland) An olive oil for oasis. On some installations from Palmyra. 10:40 ‐ 11:10 Coffee Break Idlib Session / Chair: J.‐M. Le Tensorer 11.10‐11.30 Maamoun Abdulkarim / Gérard Charpentier DGAMS, Damascus University (Syria) / CNRS, Université Lyon2, Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée (France) Archaeological and Architectural Studies in Northern Syria (Dead Cities), General presentation with three missions in, El Bâra and Ruweiha 11.30‐11.50 Akira Tsuneki University of Tsukuba (Japan) Tell el‐Kerkh: A Neolithic Mega Site in Idlib Province 11.50‐12.10 Paolo Matthiae Sapienza University of Rome, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italy) The Excavations at Tell Mardikh‐Ebla in 2004‐2010: The Temples of EB IVA‐B and the Royal Citadel of MB I‐II 12.10‐12.30 Francis Pinnock Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) The Archaeological Park of Ebla. A Long‐Term Plan for the Site and its Region 12.30‐12.50 Stefania Mazzoni Università di Firenze (Italy) Tell Afis: Late Bronze and Iron Age (13th‐7th cent. B.C.) 12.50‐13.10 Shin Nishiyama / Shigeo Wakita Chubu University (Japan) / the Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo (Japan) Tell Mastuma, Idlib: Rise and fall of an Iron Age rural settlement in northwest Syria 13.10‐13.30 POSTER PRESENTATION 13:30 ‐ 14:30 Lunch Break 7 ISCACH (Beirut 2015) AFTERNOON SESSIONS Hasake Session 1/ Chair: P. Matthiae 14.30‐14.50 Presentation Cancelled 14.50‐15.10 Dominique Bonatz Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) Tell Fekheriye/Ras el‐Ain in Northeastern Syria: A Short Report on the Archaeological Site and its Neighboring Town Before and After the Political Crisis 15.30‐15.50 Piotr Bieliński Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (Poland) IIIrd Millenium BC city on Tell Arbid ‐ structure of a middle sized urban centre in the Jezireh 15.50‐16.10 Mohamad Fakhro DGAMS (Syria) Tell Halaf ‐ Guzana ‐ (excavation project 2006 ‐ 2010) 16.10‐16.30 Giorgio Buccellati / Marilyn Kelly‐Buccellati / Samer Abdel Ghafour Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles and the International Institute for Mesopotamian Area Studies (USA) / DGAMS (Syria) Urkesh: Widening the chronological spectrum in the past and safeguarding the site for the future 16:30 ‐ 16:50 Coffee Break Aleppo Session 1/ Chair: K. Bartl 16.50‐17.10 Takeru Akazawa / Yoshihiro Nishiaki / Youssef Kanjou
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